Category: Featured Rides

  This time my research led me to Calmini manufacturing. They offered a 2″ lift that used redesigned tubular control arms, and longer springs to achieve the lift. It was a night and day difference. The re-designed tubular control arms give you great clearance under the front of your kick, the ride is much better, […]

  From 1994 To 2000 with B. “ZIG” Zeigler   GODZUKI I purchased my Kick in 1994 as a bone stock, navy blue, JX. It was my intentions to fix the front drivers side corner (she had met a Ford Truck up close and personal), and sell her for profit. That idea quickly disappeared. After […]

     Godzuki 2 (2000-2003)   With all of the aftermarket companies developing new products for the Sidekicks, Im starting to think that I will never be satisfied with any level of modification on Godzuki. When I wrote the original Godzuki article I thought that I had the ultimate set up on a Kick. I […]

  At this point I was content for about a years worth of trail riding. About a year later my clutch gave out at 98,000 miles, and once again I looked to Calmini for parts. They sent me a dual friction Centerforce clutch that is still pulling strong at 165,000 miles. When I was waiting […]

  with Bill Johnston The Cat First looks can be deceiving (or maybe a bit amazing), No, it’s not that Kevin got lucky and scored a ‘hard to find’ long wheelbase Samurai. Or that he got even luckier and found a factory lwb fiberglass top without any cracks or missing parts. How about the fact […]

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    with Brandi the Rookette So I am sitting here on my couch thinkingwhat tidbits of wisdom do I really have to offer our faithful IZook readers this month? I found myself thinking back to a conversation I had with Murph last week. We were sitting at Khaki Jacks, one of our favorite restaurants […]

 with Bob Norman, assisted by Alex Maslo Part 2… Skin Removal   Obviously, from these pictures, you can see a small sample of the “custom body work” that has been so thoughtfully applied over the last couple years of heavy trail duty. So, we begin. Goodbye old friend, see you soon in another form. We […]

with Bill Johnston Chris Villarreal bought his Samurai in 1999 and has been upgrading ever since. He has put in a lot of work, building many of the parts himself to get it the way he wanted it. He wheels in the desert southwest out of Phoenix, Arizona. The rig even has aftermarket A/C to […]

  with Jeff Pollock Back to the Basics Remember when Samurais first hit the USA auto market? They were hot, so hot that dealerships had a hard time keeping them on the car lots. What made them so appealing? Well, the fact that they were cheap, nimble, economical, reliable four wheel drive vehicles that in […]